noun

Dūlĭchĭum

gen. Dūlĭchii · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

(Δουλίχιον Hom., Δολίχαι Strab.)

an island of the Ionian Sea; southeast of Ithaca; belonging to the kingdom of Ulysses

an island of the Ionian Sea, southeast of Ithaca, belonging to the kingdom of Ulysses, perhaps one of the Echinades, but its situation is uncertain, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54; Verg. A. 3, 271; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 67; called also Dūlĭ-chĭa, ae, f. (sc. insula), Prop. 2, 14, 4 (3, 6, 4 M.).—Hence,

of Dulichium; of Ulysses poetic ••

Dūlĭchĭus, a, um, adj., of Dulichium, or poet., of Ulysses.— So, dux, i. e. Ulysses, Ov. M. 14, 226; id. R. Am. 272; cf. juvenis, Prop. 2, 21, 13 (3, 14, 13 M.): vertex, the head of Ulysses, Ov. M. 13, 107: portus, id. ib. 13, 711: rates, Verg. E. 6, 76: Irus, Prop. 3, 5, 17 (4, 4, 17 M.): manus, Ov. M. 13, 425: palatum, i. e. of the companions of Ulysses, id. Tr. 4, 1, 31: proci, i. e. of Penelope, Stat. S. 5, 1, 58; cf. Ov. H. 1, 87.

Perseus ID: n14900 Key: Dulichium